Malawi Sahib had distributed weapons and ammunition to insurgent fighters for use in attacks against Afghan forces.

In other Afghanistan operations today:

-- In the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, a combined force captured a Taliban leader who is linked to a weapons-trafficking operation from Pakistan. The weapons were distributed to senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan's Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The security force also confiscated bomb-making materials and detained several other suspected insurgents.

-- A combined force detained several suspects during a search for a Taliban facilitator in the Panjwa'i district of Kandahar province. The facilitator conducts roadside-bomb attacks and moves explosives throughout the Panjwa'i and Dand districts.

-- A combined force captured a Taliban leader in the Maidan Shahr district of Wardak province. The leader supplied weapons to fighters and coordinated attacks against Afghan forces.

-- A combined force captured a Taliban facilitator and detained two other suspects in the Zurmat district of Paktiya province. The facilitator provided a safe haven for insurgent leaders and fighters in the district, and moved fighters and weapons.

-- In the Sabari district of Khost province, a combined force detained two suspects while searching for a Haqqani leader. The insurgent leader directs attacks against Afghan forces and distributes explosives throughout the district.

In yesterday's Afghanistan operations:

-- A combined patrol found a weapons cache containing six rocket-propelled grenades, 12 RPG motors, two stick grenades, more than 500 rounds of small-arms ammunition and improvised explosive device-making components in the Tarin Kot district of Uruzgan province.

-- A coalition force discovered a weapons cache containing two rockets, four 82mm mortar rounds and seven RPG launchers in the Chahar Darah district of Kunduz province.

-- In the Achin district of Nangarhar province, a combined patrol found a drug cache containing 2,750 pounds of hashish.